Goahti

A goahti is a traditional Sami dwelling, known by regional names including goahte in Lule Sami and gahte in Pite Sami, built in one of three ways: covered in fabric, peat and moss, or timber. Its frame is built from four poles curved at one end, roughly eight to twelve feet long, a single straight horizontal centre pole five to eight feet long, and about a dozen straight wall poles ten to fifteen feet long, the curved poles forming a distinctive four legged stand. It differs from the related lavvu tent in that a lavvu's poles come together at the top while a goahti's remain separate, and the peat covered version in coastal regions served as shelter for people and livestock together; the whole disassembled structure was traditionally carried by domesticated reindeer.